No Man’s Sky is one of our most-anticipated games of 2016. And not just us, but pretty much everyone – even Steven Spielberg and Elon Musk were clamoring for the chance to demo the game at this year’s E3. But what makes No Man’s Sky so exciting?

Well, aside from the fact that it’ll let you visit eighteen quintillion planets (that’s a real number), recent press demos have revealed a whole slew of new details: what kind of heat we’ll be packing, how we’ll spend a majority of our play time, and how we’ll experience the story of this procedurally-generated open-world.

Join Jessica Chobot and special guest Malik Forte as they break down all the latest info on No Man’s Sky, and how its refreshing approach to in-game storytelling might alter the future of game design forever on today’s Nerdist News!

Thanks for watching today’s show, be sure to catch Malik on Nerdist: Play, and let us know in the comments below what you’re most looking forward to in No Man’s Sky!